A practical path to CAD document management with SharePoint
A practical path to CAD document management with SharePoint
April 24, 2009:Practical Programs has updated its DvTDM tool to add integration with SharePoint for CAD drawings and related documents that were previously unsupported.
Companies large and not so large are currently using SharePoint to manage user access to centralised files located on company servers. This is generally the most common IT issue for most companies with a larger workforce requiring shared access of collaboration-oriented computer files.
CAD files have presented an obstacle for engineering and AutoCAD tasks due to the fact that SharePoint was not designed with this type of complex file structure specifically in mind. SharePoint has filled a crucial gap that might have otherwise required far more costly and less effective solutions, however, the inability to control the location of the SharePoint document library limits the effectiveness of managing CAD files that contain xRefs or reference files.
To address CAD file requirements, Practical Programs is scheduled to release a SharePoint integrated build of the DvTDM software in July 2009.
DvTDM users will now be able to utilise SharePoint to search engineering-related AutoCAD drawing documents and other files and to control access to all documents, or just CAD documents, via Dv TDM. The current conventional folder directory system will remain, and is modelled to be a familiar experience similar to that of using Windows Explorer, but will also include the updated integration with SharePoint.